Mathrubhumi English3d ago
Padmaprabha Award for novelist R Rajasree https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/padmaprabha-award-for-novelist-r-rajasree-ht6mrbmq?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PadmaprabhaLiteraryAward #LiteraryAwards #RRajasree
Show threadElliott BledsoeApr 1

The State Library of Queensland has handed off the Queensland Literary Awards to Brisbane Writers Festival and handed black&write! back to Creative Australia. The reason is because of independent reviews and reconciling the library’s role with the ‘expectations of the Crisafulli Government’.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-28/
#LiteraryAwards #ArtsAndPolitics

WTF now?! #28 – Thursday 26 March–Wednesday 1 April 2026

A new copyright law for orphan works has passed, the State Library of Queensland hands off its awards and social media addiction is being tackled in court and in law and regulation.

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Otherwise AwardMar 25

In 2025, past Otherwise Award winners & fellows released many books, comics, short stories, poems, & more:

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/eligible-2025-works-by-past-winners-fellows

Consider them as you read, and nominate and vote for awards.

#sff #genre #SpeculativeFiction #scifi #sciencefiction #horror #fantasy #LiteraryAwards #GenreFiction #books

disassociated.comMar 13

The longlist for the 2026 Stella Prize literary award

Twelve titles have been included on the longlist for this year's Stella Prize, the Australian literary award recognising the work of women and non-binary writers. 58 Facets: On violence and the law, by Marika Sosnowski Ankami, by Debra Dank Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea, by Natalie Harkin Cannon, by Lee Lai Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family, by Micaela Sahhar Fireweather, by Miranda Darling I Am Nannertgarrook, by Tasma Walton KONTRA, by Eunice […]

https://disassociated.com/longlist-2026-stella-prize-literary-award/

The longlist for the 2026 Stella Prize literary award

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disassociated.comMar 1

The Rot, by Evelyn Araluen, wins 2026 Victorian Prize for Literature

Naarm/Melbourne based Australian poet Evelyn Araluen has won both the Victorian Prize for Literature, and Prize for Indigenous Writing, in this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for her second collection of poetry, The Rot. Araluen won the Stella Prize, one of Australia's major literary awards in 2022, for her debut poetry collection, Dropbear. Her win in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards surely puts The Rot in good stead to be awarded the Stella Prize again this year. That […]

https://disassociated.com/the-rot-evelyn-araluen-wins-2026-victorian-prize-for-literature/

The Rot, by Evelyn Araluen, wins 2026 Victorian Prize for Literature

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disassociated.comFeb 9

Creative Australia opens applications for a National Poet Laureate

Applications are open until 17 March 2026, for the role of Australian National Poet Laureate: The National Poet Laureate is a three‑year appointment that recognises an outstanding Australian poet whose work and cultural contribution have shaped contemporary poetry and its readership. The Laureate serves as a respected public spokesperson and champion for Australian poetry, highlighting its diversity, richness and cultural significance. Australia has not had a Poet Laureate since, I […]

https://disassociated.com/creative-australia-opens-applications-national-poet-laureate/

Creative Australia opens applications for a National Poet Laureate

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Stelliform PressJan 22

We're so excited to see two Stelliform titles make the absolutely stacked BSFA Longlist! Rebecca Campbell’s “Wider Than the Sky, Deeper Than the Sea” (The Other Shore) is nominated in Best Short Fiction and Syr Hayati Beker’s What a Fish Looks Like in Best Shorter Fiction.

See the full list here: https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist

#BSFAAwards2026 #BSFA #bookawards #literaryawards #bestshortstory #bestshortfiction #bestnovella #shortfiction #shortstories #shortstorycollection

Mathrubhumi EnglishDec 19
CPM leader MA Baby condemns Sahitya Akademi`s award cancellation, calling it a blow to autonomy and freedom of expression https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/ma-baby-slams-sahitya-akademi-award-cancellation-d2ofnel0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MABaby #SahityaAkademi #LiteraryAwards #CulturalAutonomy
Mathrubhumi EnglishDec 19
The Sahitya Akademi cancelled its literary awards announcement after the Union Culture Ministry intervened. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/sahitya-akademi-awards-2025-cancelled-culture-ministry-exizlklg?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SahityaAkademi #LiteraryAwards #CultureMinistry #IndianLiterature
Mary @ Notes in the MarginNov 12

How being a judge for the #BookerPrize changed Sarah Jessica Parker: "The process altered her reading habits, she said, made her question how she judged fiction and gave her the confidence to argue for novels she loved."

#bookstodon #LiteraryAwards #reading

Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Her Year as a Booker Prize Judge https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/books/sarah-jessica-parker-booker-prize.html